PRIVACY NOTICE

Job Applicant Privacy Notice

Data controller: Revolution Resourcing Ltd (the ‘Organisation’)
As part of any recruitment process, the organisation collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The organisation is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

When you apply for the role we will process your data on behalf of the organisation and your legitimate interest, this is our legal basis for processing (unless stated otherwise).

What information does the organisation collect?
The organisation collects a range of information about you. This includes:
• your name, address and contact details, including email address and telephone number,
• details of your qualifications, skills, experience and employment history,
• information about your current level of remuneration, including benefit entitlements,
• information about your entitlement to work in the UK,
• whether or not you have a disability for which the organisation needs to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and,
• information or any criminal convictions you hold.

Please note: We may also process the following special categories of data (sensitive).

The organisation may collect this information in a variety of ways. For example, data might be contained in application forms, CVs or resumes, obtained from your passport or other identity documents, or collected through interviews or other forms of assessment.
 

The organisation may also collect personal data about you from third parties, such as references supplied by former employers, information from employment background check providers and information from criminal records checks. The organisation will seek
information from third parties only once a job offer to you has been made and will inform you that it is doing so.

Data will be stored in a range of different places, including on your application record, in HR management systems and on other IT systems, including email.

Why does the organisation process personal data?
The organisation needs to process data to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you. It may also need to process your data to enter into a contract with you.

In some cases, the organisation needs to process data to ensure that it is complying with its legal obligations. For example, it is required to check a successful applicant’s eligibility to work in the UK before employment starts.

The organisation has a legitimate interest in processing personal data during the recruitment process and for keeping records of the process. Processing data from job applicants allows the organisation to manage the recruitment process, assess and confirm a
candidate’s suitability for employment and decide to whom to offer a job. The organisation may also need to process data from job applicants to respond to and defend against legal claims.

The organisation may process special categories of data, such as information about ethnic origin, sexual orientation or religion or belief, to monitor recruitment statistics. It may also collect information about whether or not applicants are disabled to make reasonable
adjustments for candidates who have a disability. The organisation processes such information to carry out its obligations and exercise specific rights in relation to employment.

 

For some roles, the organisation is obliged to seek information about criminal convictions and offences. Where the organisation seeks this information, it does so because it is necessary for it to carry out its obligations and exercise specific rights in relation to employment. You will be made aware of this in advance.

The organisation will not use your data for any purpose other than the recruitment exercise for which you have applied unless you have specifically opted in to receive marketing material.

If your application is unsuccessful, the organisation will keep your personal data on file for a minimum of 6 months in case there are future employment opportunities for which you may be suited or in the event you wish to make a legal claim against the organisation and
we will not ask for consent.

The organisation will not ask for your consent before it keeps your data for this purpose and you are free to withdraw your consent at any time.

Who has access to data?
Your information may be shared internally for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes members of the HR and recruitment team, interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managers in the business area with a vacancy and IT staff if access to the data is
necessary for the performance of their roles.

The organisation will not share your data with third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and it makes you an  offer of employment. The organisation will then share your data with our clients to ensure your suitability, start date and safety on site.
The organisation will not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.

How does the organisation protect data?
The organisation takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their
duties.

For how long does the organisation keep data?
If your application for employment is unsuccessful, the organisation will hold your data on file for 6 months after the end of the relevant recruitment process. At the end of that period your data is deleted or destroyed.

If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment. The periods for which your data will be held will be provided to you in a new
privacy notice.

Your rights
As a data subject, you have a number of rights. You can:
• access and obtain a copy of your data on request,
• require the organisation to change incorrect or incomplete data,
• require the organisation to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data is no longer necessary for the purposes of processing,
• object to the processing of your data,
• request the restriction of processing of your personal data, which will result in suspension of processing whilst it is reviewed,
• request the transfer of your data to a third party.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact the HR department. 

 

What if you do not provide personal data?
You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to the organisation during the recruitment process. However, if you do not provide the information, the organisation may not be able to process your application properly or at all.

 

Compliance
We have appointed Russell Taylor HR Services (Shared Service) to oversee compliance with this privacy notice. If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how we handle your personal information email hr@russell-taylor.co.uk
 

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues.

You have the right to make a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office at the following address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://ico.org.uk

Changes to this privacy notice
We reserve the right to update this privacy notice at any time, and we will provide you with a new privacy notice when we make any substantial updates. We may also notify you in other ways from time to time about the processing of your personal information.
 

Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy and your rights are welcomed and should be addressed to

hr@russell-taylor.co.uk

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